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Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 02, 2017, 04:08 PM:

I have the hardest time posting pics on this sight. I am using imgur now. help...

OK figured it out

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Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on September 03, 2017, 03:22 AM:

Fred told me how to do it kudos to Fred go to imgur upload site hit browse it will show your computer files go to file that has the pics drag and drop the pic in the box provided a screen will come up with that pic and on the left is img tag and a button that says copy hit copy go to Huntmasters and right click it will say paste hit paste.

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Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 03, 2017, 06:22 AM:

OK I think I have this figured out now. Firefox add blocker wouldn't let me see my own pics.
As you know I have been away for a while. I have been doing some work around the house. I added 12x24 ft to my garage and raised it to be able to install taller doors to be able to drive my Tahoe in it. Thought I would show a few pics. I am not much of a carpenter so bear with me please. These will give you a pretty good idea how I lifted the garage and added concrete blocks and anchors.

[img]http://i.imgur.co m/SmLdDTjm.jpg[/img]

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Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 03, 2017, 06:32 AM:

After finishing most of that and buying and installing new taller doors. The next project was the add on.

I started digging by hand with a shovel, but after about halfway, I rented a bobcat.

Started putting up forms and getting some of the rebar

Then came laying some concrete block. I had a bunch of these and didn't want to waste them.

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Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 03, 2017, 06:43 AM:

Next was the walls

Closing this in with my brother and my cousin and his son, which pretty much saved my ass, that kid is strong and tough like an ox. [Smile]

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Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 03, 2017, 07:13 AM:

Next step was to add a drain for rain water to leave the low level in the backyard and drain down the hill in the front yard. Has to bust up 6-8 inches of concrete between the garage and the old driveway, then dig down and add a drain. Damn shovels just don't fit my hand very well. but I still get some hours using them.

next step was to add a retaining wall to park my boat or just get better access to the back yard.

After about 7 yards of #1- rock again shoveled by hand it is starting to fill up. Now i need to dig up the old concreted fenchpost and put in new ones for the double gate. Went with 11 ft wide.

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Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 03, 2017, 07:37 AM:

Getting two new gates

Next will be new concrete connecting the drive to the garage

I still need to flash the garage and add new gutters. Plus I want to add a sheetmetal carport over the new rock on the right side. fix some of the landscaping. Then this fall/winter, gut and replace complete kitchen. Replace two exterior door and close one off.

Right now, I am going to ride my "new to me" used bicycle I got off Craigs list. Trying to put in 5-10 miles a day. Somewhere I got olt and out of shape. [Smile]

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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 03, 2017, 10:38 AM:

Maybe it's me but I think this site sucks? How do you scroll through all those photos without going back to the thumbnails?

Too much trouble!

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on September 04, 2017, 05:21 AM:

Nice garage Dan ! good job .

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 04, 2017, 06:34 AM:

Make America Great Again, one Man-Cave at a time. [Smile]

Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 04, 2017, 07:15 AM:

quote:
Maybe it's me but I think this site sucks? How do you scroll through all those photos without going back to the thumbnails?

Too much trouble!

I am still learning that site.

Koko, probably a window AC unit and a refrigerator is the next add on. [Smile]

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Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on September 04, 2017, 01:42 PM:

Good for you Dan. I like it, I have zero idea how to post pix now that my daughter moved out.

Home improvement projects are cool. If the weather ever cools off need to put a roof on a structure & make into a hay shed. Wish, I could have talked my daughter into getting involved with a young farmer stud, to help this old man out ?

Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on September 05, 2017, 03:36 AM:

Very nice, Dan! DIY stuff is very rewarding, and you sure have some great improvements to be proud of...

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 05, 2017, 08:57 AM:

I agree with everyone, you are doing a good job, I was only criticizing the photo posting site and the way I have to go back and forth. Might as well just stay on the post and enlarge the small photos.

We knew you had talent!

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 05, 2017, 02:00 PM:

The red arrow points to my archery target. Back in the day when I when I traveled shooting 3D comp's, I would regularly shoot from the back fence, approx. 70 yards. Sadly I hardly ever shoot my bows anymore. Just got burnt out. I need to make a new string anyways for my Mathew's but have been too lazy.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 05, 2017, 02:07 PM:

I read once, that the average life of a archery hunter, or hunting archer is approximately five years from inception to burnout? That's AVERAGE, I suppose there could be exceptions?

Okay, I'm ducking and running.

PS My documentation is lacking, as usual.

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 05, 2017, 03:09 PM:

Gee...............I guess that I'm exceptional !!!!
Got my first bow about 5 1/2 decades ago. Still have it, along with a few more. [Roll Eyes]

Put the compound on the rack about five years ago and went Traditional all the way. Mostly Recurves. Longbow now & then and once in a blue moon, an Atlatal just for yucks & giggles.
Five shooting lanes on the property from close to 100 yards. Target One is a head with a plastic apple on top. Unmarked yardage / no warm-up. [Eek!]

Dinosaurs..........I have a lot of dinosaur targets. And a giant yellow rubber duck target.
If you're not having fun.............
Working on converting a thrower to flip Frisbees up for Flu-Flu shots.
Can't even imagine not shooting 3 to 5 times a week. Just got back from my annual bear-deer-turkey hunt. Next Tournament that I'll likely shoot will be in Nov. in So.Cal. According to the pitch counter on my quiver I've taken 132 practice shots in the last three days. I'll get serious before the Tournament.
[Cool]

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 06, 2017, 07:14 AM:

Well, first of all, (ko ko) you are the exception that proves the rule!

Now, you mention your upcoming tournament, and this brings up a real sore spot! Little did I think, that sneaking into a shower at straight up 7:00 AM, that you would be that damned punctual! You knew I was expecting you and you knew my truck was in the friggin' driveway! What if I needed help, what if I couldn't get the door open? What if I was putting some clothes on?

So, in November, I won't be buying tea and crumpets if you are going to ring the bell and bug out! I was so damned pissed! I hope you get that beard snagged in the strings!

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 06, 2017, 08:16 AM:

Only I can get grief for being punctual. [Frown]

Actually, I put the blame for us bugging out solely on my wife. I suspect that she was afraid that you & I would get to b.s.-ing and we wouldn't get back on the road until late afternoon & home about 3:a.m.
Next time I'll camp out on your (new) lawn.
Maybe dig a deep pit bbq & cook some meat.
I could share it with the neighbors & the police when they show up.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 06, 2017, 09:44 AM:

Ah yes!

You won't believe my awesome new lawn! (compared to before) First the city makes sure the unreasonable water restrictions kill my grass. Then, I paid the gardener to mow my weeds for damned near six months! Then threats from the city's "Weed Abatement Program." This left me with no choice: artificial.

PS You need to learn to stand up to the better half! Oh, I know, she more than likely puts up with a lot. Like accompanying you on "important" archery trips, etc.

Forget it, do what she says! I can't tell you how much I miss my dearly departed. And, who would ever think it would turn out the way it did?

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on September 06, 2017, 11:15 AM:

I shot my first recurve at 9 or 10 it was my sisters she was good on the school archery team .
been shooting ever since with a brief time out due to illness. I must be exceptional as well ! lol
and I wanna come to the camp out on Leo's new turf
I like the pit bbq idea !

Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 06, 2017, 12:55 PM:

I pretty much suspended my archery hunting about 3-4 years ago when I fell and broke my wrist. Radial fracture. Got some steel plate and some screws still holding it together. Started back in the 70's as a kid. Still remember my first compound bow, a bear whitetail hunter.

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Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 06, 2017, 03:16 PM:

Bought my first 3 or 4 compounds from Tom Jennings himself. They had four wheels back then. Tuning was a nightmare !!

I like the idea of a campout on El Bee's lawn !!!
A bunch of camo'ed guys carrying guns, bbq-ing and making strange squealing noises in a white bread neighborhood.
What could go wrong ????

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on September 08, 2017, 11:40 AM:

My first compound was a Jennings made it from a kit they sold !

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 08, 2017, 01:53 PM:

[Smile]

When I lived in L.A. there was a Pro shooter, I believe by the name of Bobby Padilla. He used to shoot local tournaments with one of those Jennings kit bows that he bought at a yard sale. Shot pretty damn good, too. Come the Sectionals or the Nationals, he'd pull out a slightly better shooting stick. He figured that if he could shoot a beater bow well then he could shoot a really good bow really well.

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